Middle East & North Africa (excluding high income) | Exports of goods and services (% of GDP)
Exports of goods and services represent the value of all goods and other market services provided to the rest of the world. They include the value of merchandise, freight, insurance, transport, travel, royalties, license fees, and other services, such as communication, construction, financial, information, business, personal, and government services. They exclude compensation of employees and investment income (formerly called factor services) and transfer payments. Limitations and exceptions: Because policymakers have tended to focus on fostering the growth of output, and because data on production are easier to collect than data on spending, many countries generate their primary estimate of GDP using the production approach. Moreover, many countries do not estimate all the components of national expenditures but instead derive some of the main aggregates indirectly using GDP (based on the production approach) as the control total. Data on exports and imports are compiled from customs reports and balance of payments data. Although the data from the payments side provide reasonably reliable records of cross-border transactions, they may not adhere strictly to the appropriate definitions of valuation and timing used in the balance of payments or corresponds to the change-of ownership criterion. This issue has assumed greater significance with the increasing globalization of international business. Neither customs nor balance of payments data usually capture the illegal transactions that occur in many countries. Goods carried by travelers across borders in legal but unreported shuttle trade may further distort trade statistics. Statistical concept and methodology: Gross domestic product (GDP) from the expenditure side is made up of household final consumption expenditure, general government final consumption expenditure, gross capital formation (private and public investment in fixed assets, changes in inventories, and net acquisitions of valuables), and net exports (exports minus imports) of goods and services. Such expenditures are recorded in purchaser prices and include net taxes on products.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Middle East & North Africa (excluding high income)
Records
63
Source
Middle East & North Africa (excluding high income) | Exports of goods and services (% of GDP)
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
22.17972493 1965
22.78116341 1966
22.65033954 1967
21.53362295 1968
22.54011794 1969
22.42106071 1970
24.4960443 1971
24.23360232 1972
32.23633689 1973
48.42245119 1974
41.34012322 1975
40.09014071 1976
36.30554469 1977
31.61881447 1978
38.08656531 1979
35.23207216 1980
26.73944057 1981
25.89044679 1982
22.74420773 1983
20.73255858 1984
18.39066064 1985
11.22385035 1986
17.3662394 1987
17.90856195 1988
20.98408823 1989
18.17370759 1990
27.97915161 1991
26.72373925 1992
25.42651511 1993
27.64963568 1994
25.64182803 1995
24.90624735 1996
26.44322458 1997
23.32786142 1998
27.31864271 1999
31.98586482 2000
29.22151815 2001
32.25573223 2002
31.76185025 2003
35.34139613 2004
38.95056007 2005
39.32615385 2006
38.45685125 2007
39.17664585 2008
30.28000246 2009
31.85039568 2010
30.3612254 2011
29.86692894 2012
29.59452507 2013
26.37490261 2014
21.89002202 2015
20.6033062 2016
24.57477153 2017
29.93077264 2018
26.96895575 2019
21.0900967 2020
25.32515832 2021
31.13397123 2022
Middle East & North Africa (excluding high income) | Exports of goods and services (% of GDP)
Exports of goods and services represent the value of all goods and other market services provided to the rest of the world. They include the value of merchandise, freight, insurance, transport, travel, royalties, license fees, and other services, such as communication, construction, financial, information, business, personal, and government services. They exclude compensation of employees and investment income (formerly called factor services) and transfer payments. Limitations and exceptions: Because policymakers have tended to focus on fostering the growth of output, and because data on production are easier to collect than data on spending, many countries generate their primary estimate of GDP using the production approach. Moreover, many countries do not estimate all the components of national expenditures but instead derive some of the main aggregates indirectly using GDP (based on the production approach) as the control total. Data on exports and imports are compiled from customs reports and balance of payments data. Although the data from the payments side provide reasonably reliable records of cross-border transactions, they may not adhere strictly to the appropriate definitions of valuation and timing used in the balance of payments or corresponds to the change-of ownership criterion. This issue has assumed greater significance with the increasing globalization of international business. Neither customs nor balance of payments data usually capture the illegal transactions that occur in many countries. Goods carried by travelers across borders in legal but unreported shuttle trade may further distort trade statistics. Statistical concept and methodology: Gross domestic product (GDP) from the expenditure side is made up of household final consumption expenditure, general government final consumption expenditure, gross capital formation (private and public investment in fixed assets, changes in inventories, and net acquisitions of valuables), and net exports (exports minus imports) of goods and services. Such expenditures are recorded in purchaser prices and include net taxes on products.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Middle East & North Africa (excluding high income)
Records
63
Source